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Subject: Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER)

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:56:02 03/06/02

On March 06, 2002 at 11:30:38, Heiner Marxen wrote:

>On March 06, 2002 at 11:20:17, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>[D]8/8/8/8/8/6P1/6k1/4KR1R w
>>
>>
>>Mate in 3
>>
>>Terry
>
>Yes, clever indeed, but only if you add the king side castling right for white.
>Then:
>
> Rf4 Kxg3 O-O Kh3 R1f3#
>     Kxh1 Kf2 Kh2 Rh4#
>
>I like it :-)
>
>Cheers,
>Heiner

Yes, clever indeed, but only if you add the king side castling right for white.

That's the point, you _must_ assume when given a problem when the King is on
it's initial square along with it's Rook or Rooks  that 0-0 or 0-0-0 is
permissible.

Terry

P.S. I've also fallen for this "Mind Trap"! Ugh!

Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Miguel A. Ballicora 10:04:29 03/06/02
- Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 11:01:27 03/06/02
- Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Dann Corbit 10:14:11 03/06/02
  - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Miguel A. Ballicora 11:46:13 03/06/02
    - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Sune Fischer 12:18:32 03/06/02
      - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Miguel A. Ballicora 12:41:25 03/06/02
Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Daniel Clausen 09:51:00 03/06/02
- Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 11:07:15 03/06/02
  - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Dann Corbit 11:12:35 03/06/02
    - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 11:26:54 03/06/02
      - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Dann Corbit 11:33:05 03/06/02
        
        Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 12:00:46 03/06/02
        
        Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Dann Corbit 12:05:01 03/06/02
        
        Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 12:16:47 03/06/02
        
        Illegal position!!! :) Daniel Clausen 12:10:33 03/06/02
        
        Just few pieces more. Still position is very easy. leonid 05:47:50 03/07/02
        
        Re: Just few pieces more. Still position is very easy. Heiner Marxen 08:09:41 03/07/02
        
        Re: Just few pieces more. Still position is very easy. leonid 08:23:42 03/07/02
        
        Re: Illegal position!!! :) Dann Corbit 12:32:29 03/06/02
        
        Re: Illegal position!!! :) Dann Corbit 12:32:04 03/06/02
        
        Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Terry McCracken 12:03:53 03/06/02
Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Uri Blass 09:25:07 03/06/02
- Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Rafael Andrist 11:52:31 03/06/02
- Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Dan Andersson 09:48:36 03/06/02
  - Re: Another Clever Problem; Samuel Loyd New York Albion 1857 (SPOILER) Roy Eassa 09:50:46 03/06/02

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